3 thoughts on “Moscow Wants Turkey to Return Cathedral of Agia Sophia to Orthodox Church”
I understand they want to tee off the Turks but that’s a dumb way of doing it.
Aya Sofia Mosque, formerly the cathedral of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) was originally built by Emperor Constantius I (324-337 AC) on a pagan worship place. It was burned down during a revolt. It was resurrected by Emperor Theodosius in 415 AC and was again burned down during the Nika Revolt in 532 AC. Later, Emperor Justinian rebuild a much bigger church at the same site which was opened for worship on December 27, 537 AC.
On May 29, 1453, Turk Sultan Fatih Mehmet conquered the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and ordered all pictures and idols with the exception of a statue of Virgin Mary be removed and a wooden minaret added – thus signaling the conversion of the cathedral into a mosque. Some historian believe that though it’s forbidden in Islam to convert non-Muslim worship places to mosques – Sultan Fatih Mehmet took the action as a response to western Christians’ destruction and conversion of mosques to churches in Seville and Córdoba.
In 1934, Putin’s Crypto Jew brother, Gen. Mustapha Kemal, turned the mosque into a national museum. The so-called “Islamist” Turkish president Erdogan has refused to allow Muslims to pray inside the building.
Sheikh Imran Hosein would certainly be in favor of this. He has said that the eastern Christians will be friends of Muslims while those of the western faiths will be with Dajjal. I’d like to tell he’s wrong in my family’s case. The WORLD has a common enemy & we all know who that is.
I understand they want to tee off the Turks but that’s a dumb way of doing it.
Aya Sofia Mosque, formerly the cathedral of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) was originally built by Emperor Constantius I (324-337 AC) on a pagan worship place. It was burned down during a revolt. It was resurrected by Emperor Theodosius in 415 AC and was again burned down during the Nika Revolt in 532 AC. Later, Emperor Justinian rebuild a much bigger church at the same site which was opened for worship on December 27, 537 AC.
On May 29, 1453, Turk Sultan Fatih Mehmet conquered the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and ordered all pictures and idols with the exception of a statue of Virgin Mary be removed and a wooden minaret added – thus signaling the conversion of the cathedral into a mosque. Some historian believe that though it’s forbidden in Islam to convert non-Muslim worship places to mosques – Sultan Fatih Mehmet took the action as a response to western Christians’ destruction and conversion of mosques to churches in Seville and Córdoba.
In 1934, Putin’s Crypto Jew brother, Gen. Mustapha Kemal, turned the mosque into a national museum. The so-called “Islamist” Turkish president Erdogan has refused to allow Muslims to pray inside the building.
http://rehmat1.com/2012/05/27/turks-want-aya-hagia-sophia-mosque-back/
Sheikh Imran Hosein would certainly be in favor of this. He has said that the eastern Christians will be friends of Muslims while those of the western faiths will be with Dajjal. I’d like to tell he’s wrong in my family’s case. The WORLD has a common enemy & we all know who that is.